Does chronic nicotine consumption influence visual backward masking in schizophrenia and schizotypy?

Does chronic nicotine consumption influence visual backward masking in schizophrenia and schizotypy?

Nicotine consumption is higher for people within the schizophrenia spectrum compared to controls. This observation supports the self-medication hypothesis, that nicotine relieves symptoms in, for example, schizophrenia patients. We tested whether performance in an endophenotype of schizophrenia (vis...

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Main Authors: Albulena Shaqiri, Julie Willemin, Guillaume Sierro, Maya Roinishvili, Luisa Iannantuoni, Linda Rürup, Eka Chkonia, Michael H. Herzog, Christine Mohr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
Subjects:
Psychopharmacology
Psychosis
High-risk
Psychosis-proneness
Cognition
Vision
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001315000165

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